Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has urged his players to forget about the Soweto Derby and celebrate the win over Sekhukhune United.
Pirates won their first league game since August after a late goal by Thabiso Monyane handed them a narrow 1-0 win over Babina Noko.
Riveiro says they've been playing well in other games they could not win and the difference is that they scored against Sekhukhune.
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"How difficult it is to win a match hey, happy with the result, happy with the performance in the first-half, we played a bit in the second (half)," Riveiro told SuperSport TV.
"A bit of fatigue with the subs, we got something fresh but at the same time it takes time to find the right spaces and due to the talent that they have upfront they managed to put one ball in the net.
"That's the difference probably with the other games we didn't get the results, today we're happy. I'm so happy for the boys because this is a release for them," he said.
The Buccaneers were under increasing pressure to get over their winless run and the Spanish mentor went on and said that he does not even want to think about their next game against Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday after the relief of maximum points.
"I'm not even thinking of the next one. We have to celebrate tonight because the last days were not easy for us, even though we were convinced that we were playing good football and we're very close to winning matches. We needed it today," he went on.
"It goes without saying (how important was the win), we're here to win matches, Orlando Pirates is trying to win frequently, to be consistent, to show good performances.
"I think we did the second thing, our performances in the last games were good enough to get the result but not finalizing what we created," he said.
"(But) today it was a test for all of us because it's not easy to come here at home with our supporters and do it at the level we did it in terms of confidence. So I'm just happy that finally they got the result they deserved.
"Now we need to recover. We need to celebrate. I think we need to celebrate small victories as well, not only when we win trophies," he said.
"The guys are working hard to get the results. So we need to be conscious about how difficult it is. Celebrate today, celebrate in the locker room and from tomorrow we start thinking about the next one because it's gonna be a big one," he added.
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